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The French/Dutch Oven and I would cook coq au vin. Soooooooooooo good.

I'd use the grill pan for my delicious rosemary lemon chicken.

my favorite piece is the dutch oven- I'd make three-bean chili in it

Chicken and dumplings in the dutch oven. yum.

I'd use the french oven to make beef stew just like my mom did!

The Dutch oven: I'd use it to make curry and bread. The rectangular roaster would work beautifully for roasting vegetables too.

The saucier, which I would use to make ganache. Yay truffles!

A Caribbean inspired dutch oven is calling for an irie oxtail stew.

Definitely the dutch oven. Then this poor grad student can FINALLY make no-knead bread!

The skillet -- there's a handle on either side and the spouts to make it easier to drain or clean.

The french oven because it's such a versatile piece and I still have a hankering for lamb and rosemary stew. With biscuits.

I'd use the 5 1/2-quart Round French Oven to finally try out that "No Knead Bread" recipe from The Times.

The dutch oven - to make all those slow cooked winter comfort foods.

The Saucier Pan - perfect for making curried chickpeas and cauliflower and peppers. Maybe a potato or two. And simmer it for a long, long time.

the french oven.
i would make lamb... like my my mom used to back in the day-
unbelievable!

The French oven - perfect for braising amazing winter stews and soups!

Dutch oven for making Black bean and chorizo chili! Yummm

The 5 1/2 qt round oven, to braise root veggies and brussel sprouts.

Dutch oven for braised lamb shoulder

The dutch oven for a nice big pot of beer chili.

Skillet foil covered brick = panini press

Chicken under a brick-- with the square skillet.

oh, wow. i'd use the french oven to make giant pots of curried lentil soup with kale.

the french oven- to many soups to list here without boring everyone to tears... but minestrone primarily :)

The Grill Pan, to grill marinated shrimp

roasted sweet potatoes with onions and rosemary in the baking dish.

Dutch oven...for a big batch of curry and steamed bread.

beef and stout stew

The grill pan-- I'd make panini (who cares if I'd have to flip it over?) and with the dutch oven-- no knead bread and chicken and dumplings! Mmm.

I love that gridle and would love to try out a cheese melt

The french oven would be perfect for making jambalaya or stew!

I am in awe of that griddle. I'd use it for salmon.

Oh, this is a hard question- much like asking me to choose my favorite child. However, I will go with the square skillet as my favorite. I know it will be used regularly in my home to make delicious, pressed sandwiches.

The grill pan to grill all sorts of vegetables -- peppers, eggplant, tomatillos and onions for salsa, and on and on. I would use the heck out of it.

The grill pan -- I would love to learn how to use one and discover my new favorite dish.

The dutch oven to make my cajun shrimp and kielbasa pasta. YUM

definitely the grill pan for paninis.

The french oven is my favorite, and I would make my hubby's xmas favorite chicken stew with coconut milk and potatoes...

rosemary roasted red potatoes in the roaster.

(say that ten times fast)

I'd love to use the griddle to make yummy paninis!

I am down with the dutch oven for some saurbraten!

it would definitely be the french oven and i would use it to make either lamb stew or black bean chili.

I would put the Dutch oven to good use making loaf after loaf of no-knead bread!!

The saucier... so versatile! Then again, everything here is so useful...

It's hard to say as I love them all. I could probably make a mean roast chicken and awesome pasta sauces.

5 1/2-quart Round French Oven for my chili

Lamb stew in the dutch oven. yum.

cassoulet in the big dutch oven.

The dutch oven - I'm make braised beef short ribs in balsamic vinegar, like they have at Casablanca restaurant in Harvard Square.

french onion soup in the dutch oven - perfect for chilly winter.

That dutch oven would be great to make gumbo in!!!

the french oven because i could finally make the no-knead bread everyone is raving about.

The Square Skillet : to make grilled cheese sandwiches... except my grilled cheese would consist of thick, crusty bread with gruyere and pancetta. mmmm

I have been dyyying for a set of these!!

Would love the grill pan for making habanero shrimp in the winter. Yum

Dutch oven - Guinness beef stew... though the rectangular pan would be good for some mac and cheese! yumm... i think i need to go to lunch

french oven for curry

the casserole dish for croque monsieur...mmmm....

The grill pan!
I would love to use that for some delicious grilled Italian Chicken.

I've always wanted a set like this... I love the grill pan. It would be perfect for my inside-out burgers.

Just as you guys noted these lovelies will be used for yummy no knead bread galore! That french oven is just what i need to make the perfect loaf. And as that bakes I would grill up some ginger salmon on that grill pan and rejoice that even in winter I can enjoy the foods I love thanks to Le Creuset and darling AT!

Thanks!

Dutch oven - I've been itching to try that bread

I would use it all, every day just because I was so grateful to win!

The dutch oven for beef bourguignon.

Belgian beer stew in the dutch oven or baklava in the casserole dish.

definately the oven...hearty bef stew...yum!

Beef stew in the dutch oven.

The roaster to try some of those preserved lemons I made; with a roasted chicken and those yummy sticky bits that the juice reduces down into.

It's hard to pick, but I'd have to say the French Oven... mostly because I've been dying to make three lentil stew all winter, but don't have a Dutch/French oven (yet!)

yummy short ribs in the dutch oven

I could totally use that set to make my homemade lasagna and sauce.

Square Skillet would be great for stove top burgers in the winter

I've loved LC since I was a child and watched my mother cook with them!

the dutch oven for beef stew.

The grill pan to make grilled cheese sandwiches.

The French Oven to make slow roasted vegetable stews and chili, and, really, what can't you use it for?

Dutch oven. I make the (almost) no knead bread this weekend, and I am hooked!

these are so cute and I would love to make dinner for my husband in them!

Seafood gumbo in the dutch oven!

I would definitely pretend it was summer with the carribbean color, and grill steaks and vegetables with the grill pan.

I would use the dutch oven to make chicken with lemons.

The roaster for one of the many hearty, healthy cassaroles I love to make for my family! And that color! WOW!

Blueberry-nectarine cobbler in the baking dish.

This is like playing Clue!!

The French Oven, used for my new tradition of Monday Soup Day, No Knead Bread, coq au vin, and pot roast galore!

The Dutch Oven so I could make Chilli. Tough decision tho!

french oven for brisket. yum!

I'd use the roaster to make cornish game hens with a cumin and red chile dry rub. Yum!

the crock pot...a huge pot of chili for myself and friends

Oh I covet the 5.5 quart dutch oven. I have a smaller size (in a conveniently complimentary color) and would LOVE a larger pan. I also have the roasting pan so would re-gift that even though it is the BEST roasting pan in the world (totally worth it). I'd stick a chicken in the dutch oven and prompty empty it out so I could try out some no knead bread... and then fill it again with a happy winter stew... and empty it again for a cinnamon raisin loaf...

The grill pan so I can grill in winter!

I would use the Dutch oven to make vast quantities of hearty soups that would warm my heart and soul this winter, while the color keeps reminding me that it'll be Spring again one of these days.

i dream of le creuset! i could quit making my faux-knead bread in a tired old frying pan!

i would use the dutch oven for osso buco and the saucier for a side of risotto alla milanese

I've never gotten to try a recipe that calls for stovetop-to-oven, and would love to - maybe a frittata in the saucier? I also love saying "saucier."

Oh! I would love to have that dutch oven! My stock pot is too big and my saucier is too small to make coq au vin....yummmm

I like the dutch/french oven. I would make red beans.

The roasting pan is begging for a great assortment of fall/winter veggies (turnip, squash, potatoes, onions, red pepper) with a splash or two of walnut oil, balsamic and rosemary.

Flan in the large dutch oven!

It's gotta be the casserole dish....blueberry french toast casserole. Yum!

Black bean and chorizo soup in the dutch oven.

I always wanted this cookware I would love to make my yummy stew in it.

The skillet, I would be frying bacon.

the roaster for baked sweet potatoes

The roaster for my favorite simple roast beef recipe.

The grill pan most definitely, this way I can stop smoking out my neighbors by barbequing on my fire escape! Grilled shrimp with peanut satay sauce and teriyaki salmon yummm...

most definitely use that dutch oven. for my wintertime soups.

ack!! I was just looking for previously loved le creuset pieces over the weekend.

sausages, bread, chicken and dumplings, you name it!

Love that blue! I would use the square skillet for panini and grilling meat.

I love one-pot meals, I think I'll use the french oven for coq au vin, or maybe a nice soup for the winter. I have a recipe for baked potato soup that I've been wanting to try

I would make beef stew in the dutch oven.

roaster—pork shoulder!

the grill pan... i do love grilled cheese.

The dutch oven- although I love all of the pieces- the color is great!

the square skillet would be great for grilling

The 5.5 qt french oven! I would make soup, lots of soup, to ward of the winter chill!

Grill pan and roaster to make my favorite dinner for 1: strip steak and roasted brussel sprouts

Dutch Oven!!! Love it all.

The dutch oven for chili

French oven--to make a lovely winter risotto.

the dutch oven, to cook everything, especially pinto beans, maybe some posole too.
please oh please.

they're my favorite color! It's hard to choose a piece but I'd pick the dutch oven to bake my Greenwich Village sourdough... then sourdough panini in the skillet!

A pot of my famous home-made chili in the dutch oven!!!

The french oven - for soups and roasts!

mmmmmm, dutch oven beef stew.

Vegetarian french onion soup for a crowd in the 5 1/2 quart. I can practically smell it!

Rosemary roasted chicken in the dutch oven...

the french oven to make no-knead bread and then the grill pan to make a panini with homemade bread!

I would use the 5 1/2-quart Round French Oven to cook some pinto beans and ham. Yum, Yum

Gorgeous! This is a dream kitchen set. I'd love to try out the no-knead bread and some veggie stew to soak the bread in.

braised lambshanks, grilled fish, polenta, and so on and so on.

The french oven...for everything, really. This last weekend, for veggie corn chowder. For more elaborate times, a nice roast.

the whole kit&caboodle is wonderful, but I'm eyeing the skillet for getting that grill stripe on my veggie burgers.

casserole dish to make bread pudding !

The Square Skillet---bacon

mac and cheese please...

square skillet for paninis

drool! i'd use...one of em! to make some chicken! it's all i know how to make. i'm learning. i've got crappy cookware (from ikea, ugh) but i'm slowly becoming okay with turning on my oven, following a recipe, eating my creation, etc. i think these pieces would make the experience more...mmm...palatable? hardyharhar!

the casserole dish to make spinach and cheese casserole. and all of them to display in my kitchen, so pretty!

What a gorgeous color! I'd use the French oven for soups, stews, and lamb roast. Mmmmmm....

Spinach & Artichoke dip in the casserole while I have no kneed bread going in the dutch oven!

That grill pan looks perfect for some French Toast!

I would make tons of pannini in the grill pan - stripes = tasty!!!

the french oven for spicy beef stew...

The grill pan for steaks.

It's hard to pick a favorite, but I'd use the French oven to make a blanquette.

the grill pan for some grilled pork chops with apple confit!

LOVE that color!

I'd use the French Oven... I've been dying to try the no knead bread you featured a few weeks ago!!

I'd make vegetarian chili in the French oven.

The 5 1/2-quart Round French Oven is my favorite and I'd make black bean soup and baked beans.

i would use the bright dutch oven to make chicken adobo!

I'd use the French oven for a bean stew I've been meaning to make for a while now.

I would use it for everything. Soup to nuts. Tous les choses!

I love that Color! I'd use the skillet for grilling steaks and chicken in the winter!

My favorite piece would be the square skillet and I would use it for grilled cheese and portabello and spinach panini's.

I'd use the french onion for simmering sali boti (a Parsi lamb and apricot curry).

The French Oven for some Boeuf Bourguignon - that's regular Beef stew (with pearl onions and wine) if you want to be unpretentious.

I would use this everyday! I would make brioche french toast!

My favorite piece is the french oven. I would finally get to try the 2.0 version of no knead bread!

First I'd make my mushroom artichoke spaghetti sauce in the big french pot.

I think my fave would be the 5 1/2-quart Round French Oven. Love that cookware!

I love the 5 1/2-quart Round French Oven for making a big pot of spaghetti sauce.

french oven for posole!

The French oven is perfect for French onion soup. Yummy for a cold winter night supper.

Although they all look great and would be used extensively in my kitchen, I have to say that the french oven is making me crave my perfect roasted chicken...

Definitely that gorgeous dutch oven and I'd make a huge tasty pea soup!

The dutch oven for homemade chicken noodle soup!

French oven for chili.

With the huge snow storm this past weekend all I can think about are stews, curries and tasty little treats :)

The French oven is my favorite - I'd use it to bake bread.

Grill pan for a big ribeye

The roaster for brussel sprouts with balsamic reduction.

The Fry Pan, As It Will Keep The Fat Away As I Fry A Thick T-Bone Steak.

The skillet for my grilled veggies!

Casseroles in the roaster.

French Oven for delicious garlic lemon chicken stew!

I would have to go with the saucier so I can work on my mother sauce skills.

the grill pan for some steak -- actually a flilet... with pepper and a red wine reduction. mmmm, that sounds good.

Grill pan for steak, chicken and veggies. French oven for stews and soups.

The french oven is my dream! Perfect for corned beef and cabbage.

The saucier pan to delve more deeply into my James Peterson SAUCES book.

The grill pan for grilled chicken

I would make a Whipped Sweet Potato Bake!

I would love the dutch oven - to make great soups and long-simmering oven stews. Always wanted one!

dutch oven to make roast on cold winter days!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dutch Oven, I would make homemade chicken soup.

i like the square skillet - grilled veggies!

Wowzas! Nice give-away! I'd certainly the grill pan for awesome winter grilling!

The 5 1/2-quart pot for a boatload of simmering sage-infused white beans.

I would love the french oven so I can make the no knead bread! I love the color!

Oh, you've heard my prayers! I've been begging relatives for a dutch oven for years, to no avail. I was going to buy a grill pan from Pampered Chef, but I'm just too broke! Me and this set would make many meals for friends, family and fun together.

oooh....I could make caramel, pear upside down cake, stew and pressed sandwiches all at the same time!

I would so use the dutch oven - spaghetti sauce anyone?

Fabulous color dishes. I want them!

The roaster for homemade spinach lasagna!!

Oh the grill pan for my bacon!!! I adore the color too.

I would use the Dutch Oven for the no knead bread because I have been dying to try it.

My favorite piece would be the skillet, because I don't have one :) I'd probably make some French toast in it.

The dutch oven! I'd make chili, stew, and I'd love to try the no-knead bread!

Oh my goodness, I am drooling over this set . . .

When I finally got over my paralyzing pan lust, I'd use dutch oven to make lamb stew!

The dutch oven for braising EVERYTHING!!! (Starting with beef short ribs...)

I love this set - it matches my kitchen! My favorite piece is the saucier - it would be used often for my tomato sauce.

The Dutch oven for tagine, yum!

Little saucepan for fleur de sel caramels...mmm.

The Dutch oven is my fav. I love to make soup and this would be great.

The square (grill) pan and a fantastic pork tenderloin

I'd use the dutch oven to make a rustic apple tart. I made one last night, but I'm pretty sure it would have turned out far better if I had a dutch oven.

I've always wanted a French/Dutch oven so that would have to be my favorite and I'd love to make chili and of course for braising, which I just recently learned how to do!!

I could really use that skillet. I love the color too.

What a beautiful set! I'd use the Dutch oven constantly...we have gotten away from red meats and I searched the internet for lots of wonderful chicken recipes....they would love to be cooked in one of these.

these are great!!!

I could make so much with the french oven and the color is gorgeous. Just looking at them makes you want to cook all day. Thanks.

A big juicy pot roast

Le Creuset dutch ovens are amazing! I'd use this one to braise chicken breasts....nothing like it!

Oh what a gorgeous color! I would use the grill pan ALL the time for healthier meat cooking (since the fat drains off) and I love grill marks! But I'd definitely make use of all the peices to prepare all of this winter season's bounty!

Stews with all those great winter root veggies!

Oh my goodness, these are so beautiful I'd never take them off the stove. But my favorite is definitely the round French oven - I would use it to make my grandmothers beef brisket.

That skillet is begging for bacon.

The dutch oven to make spanakopita!

The grill pan to make amazing Sunday brunch eggs and bacon.

The square skillet for some rectangular salmon. Yum!

French oven for STEW. Yum.

I have one of the dutch ovens and I love it. The saucier pan looks promising. No idea what I would make in it, but I'm sure I'd enjoy whatever it is I'd make.

The skillet. I love the grooves to keep all the grease away from the food!

Oh, the French oven! Perfect for making dolmathes, all bundled up in their grape leaves and stacked high. Nom nom nom...

The Round French Oven, for sure! I'd throw out my 13-year-old, cheap nonstick pot and cook everything in it, from casseroles to coq au vin!

I love the dutch oven...I would use it make soups and stews this winter!

the french oven. hands down.
it's absolute perfection for making cassoulet.

I'm seriously going to hyperventilate... Ive always wanted one of their french ovens after a two week stay I had in france. That would truly be the best Christmas gift I have ever received! I absolutely LOVE the color too!

Curry in the french oven!

wow, how to choose... i'm gonna have to say the skillet. oh covet covet covet.

I love that grilling pan - It is great for fish and steaks - thank you

The square roaster, I'd make corn bread.

I love all the pieces but my favorite would be the Dutch oven so I can make delicious heart-warming stews. I have been promising myself a Le Creuset for years!